20 Win Seasons

On February 12th, when we won a hard fought game at Eastern Michigan (with the help of an amazing show of support from our fans who made the short trek to Ypsilanti, outnumbering their fans 3 to 1!), it pushed our record to 20-4 overall – a MAC Record 8th CONSECUTIVE 20 WIN SEASON! BG, with our storied history and rich tradition, has more 20 win seasons than any other program in the MAC!

Currently, with our overall record now standing at 23-4, we have won at least 21 games in each of the last 8 seasons – and an astounding 23 wins or more in each of the last 7 seasons!
And even more impressive, over the last eight seasons, we have averaged 26 wins per year! After going 21-35 in the rebuilding phase of the program in his first two years, Coach Miller has gone 208-49 (.809 winning percentage) since then!

Twenty wins has long been a benchmark for successful programs - a goal that all teams hope to achieve come seasons’ end. Most players are lucky to achieve this mark once in their careers. Most coaches can count their total amount of 20 win seasons on one hand. Achieving a MAC record 8th straight 20-win season is a testament to not only Head Coach Curt Miller and staff, it is the legacy of a fantastic group of young women, and the unbelievable love and support of the BG Community and our fans!

Please come out this Saturday and see if we can add to that win total, as we take on Kent State for the East Division Championship! 12pm at Anderson Arena – hope to see you there!

Simply One of the Best!

From Left to Right, Jackie (Motycka) Mossing, Lauren Prochaska, and Head Coach Curt Miller, honor Lauren after breaking Jacki's 22 year old BGSU career scoring record.

This past Valentine’s Day The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 2010-11 finalists for the Naismith Trophy, the most prestigious individual award in women’s college basketball, awarded to its best player. Only 30 individuals of the thousands of women’s basketball players across the country have made this list, and it is with great pride and pleasure to know that BGSU Senior Lauren Prochaska has been named a finalist! Even more impressive, she one of just six players on the list named from a mid-major university. This is an incredible honor, and we are so very happy and proud of Lauren!

But not totally surprised. Let’s face it – Lauren Prochaska is one of those special players that comes along once every few decades – if you’re lucky. We, as a team and program, as well as the BGSU community and our fans, have been blessed to have Lauren as a part of our Falcon Family. On February 5, 2011, on Alumni Day, against Ball State, Lauren had a typical performance, with 21 points (on just 14 shots), with 9 rebounds (4 offensive), and led us to a big win against Ball State. But no points were bigger than the two she got mid-way through the second half, when Lauren posted up a smaller guard from Ball State and made a lay-up, giving her the ALL-TIME scoring record in BGSU history! As if it were fate, not only was this Alumni Day, but it was the presentation of the All-Anderson Team, honoring 13 of the best women’s basketball players in BG history, including Lauren. Not only that, but Jackie (Motycka) Mossing, who had held the BGSU scoring record for 22 years, was there to present Lauren with the game ball after the victory, as she too was named to the All-Andereson team. It was truly a special evening, for a very special group of women, all part of a very special basketball program.

Three regular season games, and whatever we can do in the MAC Tournament, and hopefully a post-season tournament– that’s all that remains in Lauren’s career as a BGSU Falcon. Of the three remaining regular season games, two are home games – Saturday, February 26th vs Kent State (MAC TV Game of the Week, and the East Division Championship on the line!), and Wednesday, March 2nd vs Buffalo (Senior Night). Few chances remain to see one of the greatest players in the storied history of BGSU Women’s Basketball. Don’t miss your chance to see Lauren and the Falcons press on in their effort to win an unprecedented 7th divisional championship!

Editor’s Note: The evening this blog was to be posted (2/23/11), Lauren yet again showed us just how special she is, hitting a game-winning 3 pointer at Akron to push our record to 11-3 in the MAC, 23-4 overall, and in a showdown for the East Division Championship this Saturday (2/26/11) vs Kent State!

A Special Message from Coach Miller

There may be no busier time of the year as a staff than the home stretch of the season and tournament time, but I had to take a moment to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of the fans who made the trip up to Ypsilanti on Saturday to help us to an extremely important road win! Our crowd was INCREDIBLE! A sea of orange that stretched from our bench all the way to just behind the Eastern Michigan bench, filling the entire lower bowl! An unbelievable crowd, rewarded with an unbelievable effort from senior Lauren Prochaska. Her 37 points (2nd highest in BG history!) and 12 rebounds were only part of the story, as she was just as incredible at the defensive end, shutting down one of the best players in the league in Cassie Schrock (3 pts on 1/12 shooting, and she averages over 18 points a game!).

Our players respond to our fans and feed off their energy, and there is no doubt in my mind we never would have pulled out that tough road win if it weren’t for the amazing crowd support we had behind us! This was in no small part due to the efforts of several people, but I want to give a special thanks to friend and supporter Dennis Vereb, who was the brainchild behind the efforts to get a big crowd to support us in Ypsilanti. Thank you, Dennis, for such a successful endeavor, and assist in creating a crowd that carried us to a huge win!

With the home stretch upon us, we need YOUR support in the stands more than ever! There are just 5 regular season games left to see not only one of the greatest individual players in BGSU history, but one of the best senior classes to come through the program! Our remaining schedule:

- HOME vs Ohio on Wednesday, February 16th
- Away at Miami on Saturday, February 19th
- Away at Akron on Tuesday, February 22nd
- HOME vs Kent on Saturday, February 26th
- HOME vs Buffalo on Wednesday, March 2nd

Thanks again to all the fans that came out to support us at EMU, and to Dennis for making it happen! And, PLEASE, come on out and support us as we make a run at an unprecedented 7th straight divisional championship!

Roll Along,
Head Coach Curt Miller

An Example of Why We Have the BEST Fans in Women's Basketball!

This could be the seen in Ypsilanti tomorrow at 2pm!

Justin Zenz, our Ticket Manager here at BG, sent an e-mail to us informing us that, as of yesterday, we had SOLD OUT the 150 pre-sale tickets we were given for the Eastern Michigan game at Ypsilanti! Combine this with walk-ups and the families of the players and coaches, and we will have more fans at the EMU game than a lot of MAC teams have for their home games! Just another example of why we have the BEST Fans in Women’s Basketball!

Do not fret if you haven’t gotten your ticket for the game in Ypsilanti! EMU has graciously offered that, if you go to the game and wear BG gear or even simply tell them you are supporting BG, they will give you the group rate discount of $3 a ticket! Or, if you would like to go for FREE, simply wear a RED shirt! EMU, in an effort to pack the house against us, has dubbed this game “Go Red for Green”, and, in a show of support for the American Heart Association, anyone wearing red will get into the game free! Just make sure that you’re wearing your ORANGE underneath!!

A big thanks to the 150+ who have already got their tickets and will be there to support us in a HUGE game! And please, if you haven’t already gotten your ticket, remember that you can simply wear your orange and go to the game for $3, or wear some red – with your orange underneath – and go for free! Our team THRIVES playing in front of our fans, and so the more we have that make the short trip to Ypsilanti, the better our chances of beating an outstanding EMU team that we are currently tied for 2nd with! Hope to see you tomorrow at 2pm in Ypsilanti!!

We Need Your Help!!

The support at Anderson Arena is second to none! We need YOUR help to bring this same atmosphere on the road to Ypsilanti this Saturday!

This coming Saturday (2/12/11), BGSU Women’s Basketball will be heading less than an hour north to Ypsilanti, MI, for a HUGE battle at Eastern Michigan - and we are asking for the Falcon Faithful to make the short trip and help us earn a big road win. There are many, many reasons to make the trip - here are just a few:

- It’s the shortest road trip of the season. (68 miles!)
- The BGSU Ticket Office has purchased tickets at a reduced group rate price, so tickets through our ticket office will cost just $3.
- Both BG and EMU are 7-3 in MAC play – so this game has tremendous implications for seeding for the MAC Tournament.
- We are currently tied with Kent State for the East Division title, making every game vital to our chance at winning an unprecedented 7th straight divisional title!
- Our men are playing at Central Michigan, so we’re the closest basketball game BG will have this Saturday.
- The six seniors, including Lauren Prochaska, who in the last game became the all-time leading scorer in BGSU History, have just 6 regular season games left – it’s another chance to see one of the best classes in BG History! (Just became the 6th class in history to win 100 games!)

But the most important reason to take this short trip to EMU and support the Falcons? NOTHING motivates this team more than our fans! Simply put, we have the BEST women’s basketball fans in the MAC – as good as any in the country! It’s what makes it so difficult for opponents to play at Anderson Arena, and why we have one of the best home records in the country over the last few years! With such an important road game being so close to BG, help bring that home atmosphere up to Ypsilanti! There is no doubt our players thrive playing for our fans, and so the more we can have in Ypsilanti to support us, the better our chances! And early weather reports say it's going to be a great day! (Unless you're an EMU fan!)

To summarize:
Who: BGSU at Eastern Michigan
Where: Ypsilanti, MI (68 miles north of BG)
When: 2pm this Saturday, February 12th
Cost: Tickets can be purchased through the BGSU Ticket Office for $3 (877-BGSU Ticket)

Please come out and help us beat the Eagles in this HUGE road game!

2010 Non-conference One to Remember!

Seniors Chelsea Albert, Lauren Prochaska, Kelly Zuercher, Tracy Pontius, Jen Uhl and Maggie Hennegan helped lead us to the best start in BG and MAC History!

With a 73-64 road win at Butler in the historical Hinkle Fieldhouse, we ended the non-conference portion of our 2010-11 schedule, and what a memorable one! With a record of 12-1, we set the record for the best start in BGSU (and MAC) Women’s Basketball history!

Sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward, and, in this case, 12 steps forward. After a disappointing opening road loss at Evansville to start the season, we have rolled off 12 straight wins, setting not only the BGSU record for the most non-conference wins in a season, but the MAC record as well! Some of the highlights of this tremendous streak:

- Defeated Missouri Valley power Creighton by 26 points.



- Defeated a very talented Oakland squad by 34. Oakland has taken Penn State to Overtime, and beaten Illinois and Clemson as well.



- Beat a Detroit squad that was 2-0 with two double-digit victories against MAC schools by 25. Detroit recently beat Michigan in Ann Arbor by almost 20 points.



- Won the Seattle tournament, including a hard-fought 9 point win over Arkansas Little Rock, an NCAA Tournament team and picked to win their half of the Sun Belt.



- Defeated #23 Vanderbilt at home in front of a fantastic crowd by double-digits.



- Swept a 2 game, 4 day road trip down south, including a tough win at Western Kentucky, picked to win their half of the Sun Belt.



- Set the record by defeating a talented Butler team, at the infamous Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler, yet another team that made the post-season last year, came into the game undefeated at home this year, and had only lost at home 6 times over the last 3 seasons.




In addition to these highlights, there were several other notable achievements within this outstanding run:



- With the 12-1 record, we had our 9th straight winning non-league record, the only MAC school to have ever achieved this.



- It was the 5th consecutive season BG has won at least 10 non-league games.



- Senior Lauren Prochaska set the NCAA National Record for Most Consecutive Free Throws Made with 70 in a row.



- Senior Tracy Pontius scored her 1000th point with her first basket on the season, and moved into the Top 20 in all-time scoring at BG.



- With a 7-0 home record, we have now run our regular-season home winning streak to 36 consecutive games.



- Overall we’ve now won 20 in a row at Anderson Arena, one of the 10 longest current streaks in the nation.



- In the most recent NCAA Statistical update, we are #1 in the country in free throw percentage.
- We are 6th in the nation in fewest turnovers per game.

We are very, very proud of the team and a historical non-conference run, but as Coach Miller told the team after the Butler game:

“Enjoy what you’ve done – you’ve made history, and no one can ever take that away from you. But remember, MAC play is really all that matters, and tomorrow when we wake up, non-conference is over, and all 12 teams in the MAC are 0-0.”

MAC play opens Wednesday, January 5th, as we travel to Athens, Ohio, to take on the Bobcats. Our first home MAC game is that following Saturday, January 8th, against rival Miami. Come on out and show your support for the team as we make a run at an unprecedented 7th straight MAC Championship!

Meet the Newest Falcon: Alexis Rogers

Newest Falcon Alexis Rogers, transfer from Duke, shows off her cutting edge sense of fashion at a recent practice.

Since I know EVERYONE has been waiting for me to write my blog for a couple weeks, be prepared to learn all about me: Alexis Rogers. Let’s see my name is Alexis but everyone calls me Lex, except for Christopher ( Chrissy Steffen) she calls me Lexi. The most important things to me in life is my family, music, basketball, and of course DISNEY movies. Right now I’d have to say my favorite artist is Neyo, but Jason Derulo is moving up on the list everyday. I like ALL kinds of music, you can ask the girls on the team my music selection has shocked a handful of them. My music selection varies from oldies, r&b, rap, country, to Disney. I really like things that you can sing to, although my singing skills aren’t that great! Other than listening to music I also like to play it: I’ve played the piano since I was 8, but I had to give up taking lessons because it began to interfere with basketball practice. I’ve thought about minoring in music, but that’s still being contemplated. I have decided to major in Early Childhood Education. I love kids, and at heart I am still a four year old. I figure with this major I can relive my childhood, watch Disney movies, and get paid for it (Just kidding!). I think education is really important and if children can learn to enjoy it from an early age it makes the 16 year process easier, and I think I can make education fun.

I have four really influential people in my life. First there is my mom, she is my best friend. She is the most amazing woman I have ever met, and I doubt she will ever be beaten in that category. She knows what she wants in life and she isn’t afraid to purse her goals. Her name is Youlanda, I am sure you will hear her at games screaming for the next four years. The second pair are my grandparents. They have been so great to me and without their advice and strength I may not have made it through last year. The third person is my older brother, Antwaun. I would truly call him my idol and my hero. I seek his approval for a lot of things. We are ten years apart, and he was a student athlete so he helps me with so many things because he has been where I am right now. He played in the NFL for a year, and he has proven to me that there is indeed a life after sports. The fourth person is my little cousin Zion. Although he is only 3 he makes me want to be a better person. I want him to look up to me and say that I have positively influenced his life. My day automatically gets better when he calls me and tells me he misses me. He is young, but he makes me a better person and I love him dearly for that, and when he gets old enough to understand I will tell him.


I started my college career at Duke as everyone probably already knows. It wasn’t the best fit for me, fortunately Bowling Green gave me a second chance. I’ve been here for three months now, and I have loved every day of it. During the transferring process I really wanted a down-to-earth coaching staff that knew more about their players than just their stats. I think here I have gotten everything I expected to get out of college. Although the coaches are great and have been very patient with my lack of memory of over half of the plays (lol), I love the players even more. Coming from a team of only 11 individuals who did their own thing its really exciting for me to be part of such a large team that actually enjoys hanging out together. Having to sit out this year means I’m going to have to encourage my teammates from the bench, and that has been something I have struggled with, but I honestly think this group of girls makes you want to cheer from the bench. Overall I love Bowling Green ( despite the fact that I get blown over by the strong gusts of wind) and its been an amazing experience for me, and I am so glad I decided to come here.